diff --git a/pkgs/tools/cd-dvd/srt-to-vtt-cl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/cd-dvd/srt-to-vtt-cl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..94cd09674dac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/cd-dvd/srt-to-vtt-cl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, substituteAll }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "srt-to-vtt-cl";
+  version = "unstable-2019-01-03";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nwoltman";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "ce3d0776906eb847c129d99a85077b5082f74724";
+    sha256 = "0qxysj08gjr6npyvg148llmwmjl2n9cyqjllfnf3gxb841dy370n";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./fix-validation.patch;
+    })
+  ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp bin/$(uname -s)/$(uname -m)/srt-vtt $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Convert SRT files to VTT";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ericdallo ];
+    homepage = https://github.com/nwoltman/srt-to-vtt-cl;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/cd-dvd/srt-to-vtt-cl/fix-validation.patch b/pkgs/tools/cd-dvd/srt-to-vtt-cl/fix-validation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..abddae6d0719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/cd-dvd/srt-to-vtt-cl/fix-validation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
+-ERR = $(shell which clang++ >/dev/null; echo $$?)
+-ifeq "$(ERR)" "0"
+-	CXX ?= clang++
+-else
+-	CXX ?= g++
+-endif
++CXX ?= g++
+ CXXFLAGS = -std=c++11 -O2 -MMD -I ./deps
+ OBJECTS := src/text_encoding_detect.o src/Utils.o src/Converter.o src/main.o
+ DEPENDS := $(OBJECTS:.o=.d)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9a3ee7c4c28f..09e3cce07b5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6384,6 +6384,8 @@ in
 
   srcml = callPackage ../applications/version-management/srcml { };
 
+  srt-to-vtt-cl = callPackage ../tools/cd-dvd/srt-to-vtt-cl { };
+
   sourcehut = callPackage ../applications/version-management/sourcehut { };
 
   sshfs-fuse = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/sshfs-fuse { };